Danai Gurira
Actor
Biography
Danai Jekesai Gurira (/dəˈnaɪ ɡʊˈrɪərə/; born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress, playwright, and activist. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2012–2020, 2022) and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024), and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, including Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Gurira is the writer of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. Gurira received two nominations for The People's Choice Awards in 2019 and 2020 for her role on The Walking Dead, and she was also nominated for a 2024 Black Reel Television award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for her work on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
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Filmography
Avengers: Endgame
as Okoye 2019
Black Panther
as Okoye 2018
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Okoye 2022
All Eyez on Me
as Afeni Shakur 2017
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Fury (voice) 2014
Ghost Town
as Assorted Ghost 2008
My Soul to Take
as Jeanne-Baptiste 2010
The Visitor
as Zainab 2008
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Self / Michonne Hawthorne 2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self 2023
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage) 2020
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Michonne (voice) 2017
One World: Together at Home
as Self 2020
Mother of George
as Adenike Olumide Balogen 2013
3 Backyards
as Woman in Blue Dress 2010
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
as Self 2013